Fisherman survives near-fatal shark attack with own lifesaving care, instincts that kept him alive

A Hawaii fisherman is speaking retired aft a shocking brushwood successful the h2o near him warring for his beingness — and relying connected instincts helium ne'er expected to use.

The 22-year-old diver says what began arsenic a regular time successful the water abruptly took a convulsive crook erstwhile helium discovered a shark tangled successful a sportfishing nett — a infinitesimal helium describes arsenic the divided 2nd that changed everything.

Josiah Kaimani Ventura, a commercialized fisherman, told Fox News Digital helium was diving wrong a cave for a uncommon food taxon erstwhile helium surfaced and noticed the shark struggling successful the netting. 

"Everyone successful Hawaii wants to assistance — it’s our kuleana," helium said, referring to the taste work to attraction for the ocean. "That’s each I was trying to do."

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Alone connected the beach, Ventura told Fox News Digital that helium utilized his wetsuit to make a tourniquet that saved his life. (Josiah Kaimani Ventura)

But arsenic helium moved closer, the shark jolted free.

"It conscionable launched retired and latched onto my thigh," helium said. "No warning. One 2nd it was calm, the adjacent it had me."

The unit of the wound sent shockwaves done his leg. Even arsenic humor rushed into the h2o astir him, Kaimani Ventura refused to look astatine the wound.

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Doctors closed Ventura’s coiled with 70 staples and 90 stitches aft the attack. (Josiah Kaimani Ventura)

"I’m a queasy person," helium said. "If I looked, I knew I’d achromatic out. The lone happening successful my caput was: Get to enactment and breathe."

He swam astir 40 yards toward the shallows, pushing done what helium describes arsenic "clouds of blood" spreading astir him. When helium yet reached h2o shallow capable to stand, helium risked a glimpse astatine his leg.

"I saw everything wrong it," helium said. "That should’ve been the infinitesimal I passed retired and died."

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Instead, adrenaline and what helium credits arsenic divine involution kept him moving.

Alone connected the shoreline, with his friends inactive acold behind, Kaimani Ventura forced himself up the formation and began performing lifesaving measures connected his own. He tore cloth from his wetsuit, applied treble compression to the wound, and past tightened his ain tourniquet.

"Thank God He kept my caput clear," helium said. "I shouldn’t person been capable to bash immoderate of that."

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Josiah Kaimani Ventura shows the scars near aft surviving a shark attack. (Josiah Kaimani Ventura)

Rather than telephone 911, the archetypal idiosyncratic helium phoned was his mother.

"I knew I had to perceive her voice," helium said. "She freaked retired astatine first, and I had to bent up. When I called back, she pulled herself unneurotic similar moms do. She helped support maine calm."

It took astir 20 minutes earlier an ambulance was called and different 45 minutes of off-roading earlier Josiah could conscionable archetypal responders connected a main road.

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Paramedics removed his makeshift tourniquet and applied their ain earlier rushing him to Kona Community Hospital, wherever surgeons closed the monolithic wound with 70 staples and 90 stitches.

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) confirmed to Fox News Digital that they are alert of the incidental and are looking into it.

Even aft surviving a shark onslaught that could easy person been fatal, Kaimani Ventura said his respect for the water hasn’t changed and neither has his lifestyle.

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Fisherman Josiah Kaimani Ventura said he’ll instrumentality to the water erstwhile helium is healed, contempt the near-fatal encounter. (Josiah Kaimani Ventura)

"I personally didn’t larn my lesson," helium said with a laugh. "I’ll ever beryllium successful the water. That’s who I am."

But helium does person a connection for others.

"For anyone astatine location — don’t bash what I did," helium said. "If you spot an injured oregon tangled animal, particularly an apex predator, papers it and study it. Let NOAA oregon wildlife officers grip it."

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Kaimani Ventura works 4 physically demanding jobs: commercialized fishing, construction, landscaping and caregiving, each roles helium won’t beryllium capable to instrumentality to for astatine slightest six months. Still, helium considers himself fortunate.

"Glory to God — I walked distant with a scar and a reminder, not arsenic a casualty," helium said. "I got lucky. Really lucky. Others mightiness not. So if my communicative helps idiosyncratic marque the safer call, that’s worthy it."

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Despite everything, he’s already looking ahead.

"I’ll beryllium backmost successful enactment similar thing happened," helium said. "The water is my home. I’m not done with it yet."

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].